made2drag 95
 

here's how i got it....

plans are to do a very low static drop, black paint, silverado grill and maybe a black bumper. i want it pretty much all blacked out except for the grill, headlights and parking lights

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these pictures are from the previous owner who only had it for a couple months.
only has 156,000 miles and runs and drives great.
i'll have to charge the a/c, but everything else works like it should.
overall i am happy with it as a good start for a project.

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a couple days later, i traded the huge 24's for a set of 20's. 24's are just too big for me and i could really feel the difference when i changed to the centerline 20's. acceleration and braking was greatly improved. the ride is a whole lot better too. im planning on getting 245/45/20's all the way around so i can do a 6/8 drop. it already has 2 inch shackles, so once i do the flip i'll be done in the rear. gonna do 3 inch coils and 2 inch spindles. if i can... i'll trim the 3 inch coils a little to make the front a 6. if i go 5 in the front, i can move my leaf spring bolts to the 1 inch drop hole in the shackle to make it 7 in the rear.

i love these centerline 20's...i thought they were billet. it wasn't until after i traded and put them on my truck that i noticed they are actually chrome. so, they look billet but they stay clean like chrome...BONUS!

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i was coming back from a car show and noticed this truck being parted out and stopped to ask if the bed was for sale...he said he was selling it for 250
... and when i told him i had a step side bed he said "lets just trade straight, i have a 55 chevy and i want a newer stepside bed for it"....
it was 4 o'clock when we started....the new bed was on my truck at 6 o'clock.....talk about a quick bed change! it helped that the guy has a forklift!!
he is a salvage/scrap/demo guy for a living.

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Nice trade! I'm subbed for this one. Looks like you've got a solid start.

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thanks. i took the bumper off last night. and i hope to start shaving a little here and there in the next week or two.

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Nice thread! Im in! Just curious, why'd you decide to go the fleetside route? It'll look good either way, but I was just wondering your motives. Nice start.

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to me fleetsides have a smoother look and better lines where the bed meets the cab. and i didnt want to get into shaving rear steps. lol... i love the look of an all shaved fleetside's rear with a sir micheals roll pan.

by the way, your truck is really looking good!

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Nice truck, keep up the hard work.
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thanks

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I think its a good choice on the fleetside. For some reason, the step sides look odd to me on an extended cab

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Same here.

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That guy is about 2 miles from my house. I have seen him parting out trucks but I have never stopped. Small world.
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yup, i was coming back from the birmingham world of wheels and saw the truck and stopped by and asked him if he wanted my stepside bed. he whipped out the impact and forklift and we got it done on the spot...if you know anyone wanting anything off it...he says grab it before it gets scrapped. the guy is super nice and i think he said his name is bill ford. he scrapped the 56 ford truck he had out front not too long ago.

i live across from the horse farm on hwy 170 and williams road. ive got a 67 c10 that was bagged but im going back static, a 55 3100, an 86 c10 and my 95. maybe we will meet up again at another local show. i met a couple of you guys at the gold star park show.

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i need to fill a little more with weld, sand, filler, sand and then black primer. hopefully i can get the 3rd brake light, gas door and passenger handle done and do all the body work at one time...
and ive got to get this thing slammed too...maybe by the end of march.

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You did I think you had the Blazer that day, I was with my son (2001 Chevy static drop) and my brother 2000 chevy (bagged) and i had my 68 Camaro out that day. Pvt me some time and I will give you my number.

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i had the teal k5. i remember seeing the nbs chevys and seeing the orange 69 c10 with the ck stepside bed. pm sent

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i got alot of the dent out, but looks like i'm still going to have to use a slide hammer to get more of it out. if it wasnt double walled on the inside, i could probably push it out.

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got it shaved and all pits filled and smoothed. unfortunately, a hot amber melted thru the glass and shattered it shortly after i tacked it in. so then i didnt worry about the glass and kept on truckin. i always thought people covered glass to save time cleaning later. oh well, a $170 newbie mistake i have to pay for on monday....

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that really sucks man. Besides the bad news, I like what you're doing with the truck!

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thanks man. got a silverado grille and a radiator and interior pieces from the junkyard today. a little here and a little there....i might lower it this month, if i get the time. the tires are too tall to go as low i want to go, so im not sure when im going to drop it. might try a 3/4 this month, then another 2/4 after tires. 5/8 drop with 255/35/20's will be the initial plan then try to go lower another inch or 2?

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learned the hard way about glass too! my brand new backglass was filled with pits after i got done :( looks like a nice project though!

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thanks! yea, it makes sense now thinking about the molten lava balls dropping....LOL. i figured if i went really slow like i did, i'd just have to wipe the window down. when i heard the loud pop, the first thing i thought was... oh, no....i warped the window frame and twisted it from heat. turns out it was the hot ambers.

the bright side for me is getting a new window seal and putting limo tint on instead of the 20% that wasnt really dark enough for me.

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looking good bro..... sucks about the glass tho.

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thanks. the new glass is in and im going to limo it. right now im thinking about shaving the gas door and trying to find the best way to mount another door of some type in the bed. im going to shave the passenger door handle and leave the driver door handle so i may leave the gas door as it is too. but the passenger side will be smooth for sure.

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i remounted some 73-87 c10 front shocks...you can see the old shock compared to the new shock and angle. i used the mounting bolts that came in the boxs and welded them to a piece of tubing and then welded to the frame and then boxed around them (i didnt take pics of the boxing)
the end result is a really good ride from the shocks.

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still have to slide the bed forward some and bolt it on tight. but the ride is great and i got about 8 or 9 inches in the rear. it already had 2 inch drop shackles and from my measurements i had 6 inches between the frame and axle and now the axle is about a half inch through the c notches. the axle does hit frame on big bumps. i have to raise my carrier bearing due to a slight vibration at 10 -15 mph and some around 45-55. kits i see have a 2 inch spacer, since i welded my axle pads on at 0 degrees im going to try 1 inch first and see if that fixes it. its almost like its vibration from having to cut part of my exhaust. i may lengthen the exhaust to reduce "drone" before messing with the carrier bearing. all in all it came out like i wanted it. cost was 11 bucks for the axle pads and 20 for each shock.....but 20 hours of labor. a flip kit would have taken half as long or less.

funny...both times i took pics, it was raining. :)

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found some used goodyear run flats
95% life left for $110 each shipped. they would have been $439 each new.
i think they will end up going on the front so i can put a slightly taller tire on the rear...maybe a 275/40/20 will be slightly wider and slightly taller for the rear.

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got 2 stake pockets done, then ran out of welding wire....

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Nice job on the rear. Whatcha got planned for the front?

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I really love those wheels.

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i plan on putting the tires i have on the rear on the front....

buying 2 inch drop spindles, hopefully mcgaughys or djm

3 inch coils....not sure which yet....(open to suggestions since this is my first C/K)

i'd like to get a 3 inch coil that actually gives you more than 3 :)

i may cut 1 coil off my stock springs and change the tires up front so i can make it look alittle better while saving up for new spindles and springs

in the end, i'd like to get 6 inches in the front somehow and still have a good ride and clearance for this truck, since it is my daily....and my kids ride in it everyday

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thanks, imo anything was better than the 24's it had....i thought they were billet when i was talking to the guy about trading.... bonus: chrome with the billet look.

i think i remember these about 10 years ago when centerline was selling chrome billet look 20's for like 200 each.

they remind me of intro's :metal:

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i shimmed my carrier bearing using two 1/4 plates.....vibration is gone

smooth as stock now, it had me a little worried so i conquered it over the weekend. took like 15 mins

i took some pics, i'll post them this week sometime

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nice c/k! how did you find the pinion angle?